Later he helped lay floating barriers and tried to scrub oil from the shore with soap. We all joined in.”Īs the slick spread west and south along Alaska’s coast, Linville and others were sent to beaches to rescue animals coated with oil. “They hired everyone and anyone to help clean up,” said Linville. “The fishing was closed so they had to do it. The ruptured hull of the supertanker began spewing crude almost immediately after it grounded outside the port of Valdez – more than 40 million litres of sticky, toxic goo. “When we heard on the radio that an oil tanker, the Exxon Valdez, had run aground, we just knew it was bad, that everything was going to change,” said the 61-year-old commercial fisherman.įor Linville himself, that meant tying up his fishing boat and joining efforts to stop the fouling of Alaska’s rich southern coastal waters. Lindo's main motivation is to help her children succeed, and in this scene she wisely models for Meimei the appropriate tool (according to Lindo's philosophy) to use if someone is being emotionally destructive: silence.Seward, Alaska – Mais a day that Bob Linville will never forget.
Her silence does what ten shouted words could not do they shame Meimei so badly that Meimei runs off and further embarrasses herself by running into an innocent bystander. Lindo, for her part, perfectly embodies "invisible strength." Meimei makes an obviously bad move by insulting her mother with the question, "If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess?" Instead of responding with equal emotion, Lindo merely stares at Meimei. Instead of planning out a strategy that will get her mom to stop embarrassing her, she's made a bad move. Since Meimei's motivation is to master the art of "invisible strength," her actions in this scene are not wise and do not help her reach her goal. In this scene, she's acting on pure emotion with no strategy at all. Up until now, her actions have been wise and deliberate. A related conflict is an internal conflict happening within Meimei. Meimei feels frustrated, but she's having trouble expressing her frustration without offending Lindo. The primary conflict in this excerpt is between Waverly "Meimei" Jong and her mother, Lindo Jong. As my mother stooped to help the old woman pick up the escaping food, I took off. Oranges and tin cans careened down the sidewalk. "Aii-ya! Stupid girl!" my mother and the woman cried. Her bag of groceries spilled to the ground. I jerked my hand out of my mother's tight grasp and spun around, knocking into an old woman. I felt the wind rushing around my hot ears.
She had no words for me, just sharp silence. My mother's eyes turned into dangerous black slits. I knew it was a mistake to say anything more, but I heard my voice speaking, "Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess?" "Embarrass you be my daughter?" Her voice was cracking with anger. So shame be with mother?" She grasped my hand even tighter as she glared at me. Crowds of people with heavy bags pushed past us on the sidewalk, bumping into first one shoulder, then another. One day after we left a shop I said under my breath, "I wish you wouldn't do that, telling everybody I'm your daughter." My mother stopped walking. Based on each character's motivations, analyze each character's actions in this scene. Based on the characters' actions and their resulting consequences, I believe that the theme is that true strength is calm, patient, and strategic.ĭescribe the primary and secondary conflicts in the excerpt. The outburst does not turn out well for Meimei. Although she does observe her mother's successes at wielding "invisible strength" and succeeds even against Lindo in the story, in the end she has an emotional outburst. Her actions encourage her daughter to try to succeed by mastering the art of "invisible strength." Waverly "Meimei" Jong wants to master the art of winning arguments and respect from others, but her actions do not always help her. In "Rules of the Game," Lindo Jong works hard to impart daily lessons that will promote her success to her daughter. If a character's actions help him or her reach her goals, then that action may be viewed more positively by the reader. One can find theme by analyzing the characters' actions and the consequences of their actions. Theme is the central message or insight that is revealed through a story.
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